NORTH CAROLINAMalwareHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

EmergeOrtho

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 25, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

68,661

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for EmergeOrtho →2 incidents on file

EmergeOrtho reported to HHS on 2022-08-25 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 68,661 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack encrypting PHI including names, addresses, DOB, driver's license numbers, SSNs, and diagnoses. The entity notified HHS, individuals, and media, and provided credit monitoring.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Aug 25, 2022

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_833854a110ab4fe92022-08-25Verified
Maine State AGbd_af37ddc53a0259e72022-08-25Verified

Name: EmergeOrtho
norm: emergeortho
Domain: emergeortho.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: EmergeOrtho
norm: emergeortho
Domain: emergeortho.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 68,661nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance to the CE pertaining to the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule

During the incident: Revised its security policies and procedures
Strengthened its technical safeguards
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals
Notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice
Changes made: Revised its security policies and procedures
Strengthened its technical safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGAug 25 · first

Maine State AGAug 25 · first

HHS OCRAug 25 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Aug 25, 2022
Raw hash: 51d3932bde31013f4d1b51802cb1f6608cd57746675936f1468c9e144c1b37b8

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEmergeOrtho

Victim entityEmergeOrtho

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseRevised its security policies and procedures

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing